Joey Diaz

Joey “Coco” Diaz

Without a doubt, Joey “Coco” Diaz is the most interesting comedian out there now.  His background is not of comedic origins at all, in fact for a good portion of his life he was a street guy, small time gangster if you will.  Growing up in Cuba, Diaz moved to the North Bergen, NJ at an early age and ran around on the streets doing what he could to survive. I’m not going to write about one the many stories that he has because it won’t sound nearly as good as it would coming from his mouth. 

He claims that he got into stand up while in prison by going up in front of the crowd of inmates during movie night and telling jokes about the kitchen.  The way he performs is crazy-awesome.  He is another comedian that seems like he never writes out his jokes, but just goes up and performs.  I was lucky to be able to see him perform at the Icehouse comedy club in Pasadena, CA about a year ago.  I don’t even think that he was on the roster to perform that night, but he just showed up and rocked the crowd for something like 10 or 15 minutes and then just left.  The emcee, Tony Hinchcliffe, got up right after said “Joey Diaz just came up and raped our minds, and then just left” and everybody roared with laughter because that’s exactly what he did.

His fast-talking, loud-cussing, weed-smoking, not giving a fuck style of comedy is absolutely hilarious.  Regarded as the funniest man in the world by fellow friend and comedian Joe Rogan, Diaz is starting the get the recognition he deserves with roles in more movies and television and tons of comedy spots. 

Diaz is a frequent guest on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and had a podcast with comedian Felicia Michaels called Beauty and Da Beast for a long time but has stopped doing it.  He now has his own podcast, The Church of What’s Happening Now, where he talks with his co-host Lee Syatt about everything from being a fat-fuck and exercising to how he views young people now.  In addition he has guests call in who range from writers in Hollywood to friends who he used to rob people with.  His stories are incredible and you have to see him live!  He released his latest comedy album, It's Either You or he Priest, in April 2012 and currently writes and records his life stories in a series of albums entitle Testicle Testaments.  You can get it all on iTunes and check out his website Joeydiaz.net, I highly suggest it.

To get a real feel for this guy, you have to watch him, youtube doesn't do him justice though.